Report: Hoiberg talking to Gophers about job

Minneapolis station KSTP reported on its website Thursday that two unnamed sources said Hoiberg has been offered the Minnesota head coaching position. The school is in the process of finding a replacement for the fired Tubby Smith.

7:59 PM,
Mar. 28, 2013

Last June, Fred Hoiberg signed a new contract that will pay him an average of $1.5 million annually through April 2020.

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One day after Iowa State president Steven Leath told The Des Moines Register that he would do whatever he can to keep men's basketball coach Fred Hoiberg in Ames, a Minneapolis television station said it might not be good enough.

Minneapolis station KSTP reported on its website Thursday that two unnamed sources said Hoiberg has been offered the Minnesota head coaching position. The school is in the process of finding a replacement for the fired Tubby Smith.

Hoiberg did not return multiple phone messages from the Register on Thursday. ...